All-Flash
#16
(Fall 1944)
DC,
1941 Series
- Volume
- 2
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 52
- Indicia Frequency
- quarterly
- On-sale Date
- 1944-09-16
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Jolaine Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
A Superman DC Publication
- Editing
- Sheldon Mayer (credited) (editor); Ted Udall (assistant editor, uncredited); Julius Schwartz (assistant editor, uncredited)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from copyright registration.
Five Clues to Crime
The Flash / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Flash [Jay Garrick]; Winky Moylan; Blinky Boylan; Noddy Toylan
[no title indexed]
public service announcement / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- An important message to the boys and girls of America!
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover.
Five Clues to Crime [Introduction]
The Flash / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Gardner Fox (credited as Gardner F. Fox)
- Pencils
- E. E. Hibbard (credited)
- Inks
- E. E. Hibbard
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Flash [Jay Garrick]; Winky Moylan; Blinky Boylan; Noddy Toylan; The Sinister (villain)
[Five Clues to Crime, Chapter One:] The Letter of the Law!
The Flash / comic story / 9 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Flash [Jay Garrick]; Winky Moylan; Blinky Boylan; Noddy Toylan; The Sinister (villain)
- Synopsis
- The mouthpiece of one of the Scarlet Speedster's most dangerous foes, The Sinister, decides he can no longer cover up for his client's criminal misdeeds. So he sends the Flash a letter giving the first of five clues to reveal the Sinister's planned crime sprees.
[no title indexed]
Wheaties / advertisement / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- George Lichty (signed)
- Inks
- George Lichty (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The leaflets tell 'em...
[Five Clues to Crime] Chapter Two: Menace in the Museum!
The Flash / comic story / 10 pages
- Script
- Gardner Fox (credited as Gardner F. Fox)
- Pencils
- E. E. Hibbard (credited)
- Inks
- E. E. Hibbard
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Flash [Jay Garrick]; Winky Moylan; Blinky Boylan; Noddy Toylan; The Sinister (villain)
- Synopsis
- The Sinister turns to the Three Dimwits for his defense in court. However, the crafty lawyers actually try to railroad their client into jail, quite accidentally of course. In the end, the Sinister is set free and Winky, Blinky and Noddy are jailed!
150 Mile Race to Save a Nation
Thom McAn / advertisement / 2 pages
Indexer Notes
Actually a Thom McAn shoe ad.
[Five Clues to Crime] Chapter Three: Meddling with a Medium!
The Flash / comic story / 10 pages
- Script
- Gardner Fox (credited as Gardner F. Fox)
- Pencils
- E. E. Hibbard (credited)
- Inks
- E. E. Hibbard
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Flash [Jay Garrick]; Winky Moylan; Blinky Boylan; Noddy Toylan; The Sinister (villain); the Sinister's Gang (villains)
- Synopsis
- With his men committing crimes that he no longer sanctions, the Sinister consults a medium in an attempt top locate and stop his gang from committing more crimes for which he would be blamed!
Oxen Can Pull
text story / 1.67 pages
- Genre
- adventure
Indexer Notes
Who's Who of American Comics 1928-1999 gives "J. Marr" as a penname of Jack Miller.
Meet... Timid Bertie
Who's Who in Zooville / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Bertie
[Five Clues to Crime] Chapter Four: It All Comes Out in the Wash!
The Flash / comic story / 10 pages
- Script
- Gardner Fox (credited as Gardner F. Fox)
- Pencils
- E. E. Hibbard (credited)
- Inks
- E. E. Hibbard
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Flash [Jay Garrick]; Winky Moylan; Blinky Boylan; Noddy Toylan; the Sinister (villain)
- Synopsis
- Reading a carbon copy of the letter written to the Flash by his mouthpiece, the Sinister attempts to reach the clues before the Flash and remove them so that the Scarlet Speedster could not stop the crimes.
How Joe's Body Brought Him Fame Instead of Shame
Charles Atlas / advertisement / 1 page
Indexer Notes
Inside back cover.
Captain Tootsie Battles Monster Man!
Captain Tootsie; Tootsie Roll / comics-form advertising / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- This Monster Man is very dangerous, so remember--
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Captain Tootsie; Rollo; Monster Man
Indexer Notes
Back cover.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
Five Clues to Crime
The Flash -
1.
["An important message to the boys and girls of America!"]
-
2.
Five Clues to Crime [Introduction]
The Flash -
3.
[Five Clues to Crime, Chapter One:] The Letter of the Law!
The Flash -
4.
["The leaflets tell 'em..."]
Wheaties -
5.
[Five Clues to Crime] Chapter Two: Menace in the Museum!
The Flash -
6.
150 Mile Race to Save a Nation
Thom McAn -
7.
[Five Clues to Crime] Chapter Three: Meddling with a Medium!
The Flash -
8.
Oxen Can Pull
-
9.
[no title indexed]
Picture Stories from the Bible -
10.
Meet... Timid Bertie
Who's Who in Zooville -
11.
Editorial Advisory Board
-
12.
The Big Eight!!
-
13.
[Five Clues to Crime] Chapter Four: It All Comes Out in the Wash!
The Flash -
14.
[no title indexed]
Wheaties -
15.
How Joe's Body Brought Him Fame Instead of Shame
Charles Atlas -
16.
Captain Tootsie Battles Monster Man!
Captain Tootsie; Tootsie Roll
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